At the moment I'm a professional translator, somehow. Also I'm a former former academic and current high-level sage. All of my opinions belong to you. https://www.emilylaskin.com/https://bsky.app/profile/laskin.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/laskin.bsky.social/post/3mlrg76oavs2bMy child enjoys this activity and my last name derives from the Russian word for this animal 🤔 [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 May 2026 23:07 +0000at://did:plc:rg2h4nty6pufrd6xcbsd4w3f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlrg76oavs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/laskin.bsky.social/post/3mlipffs5722vMeanwhile, sloughing off my native accent to return to California, where most of my friends believe I am human10 May 2026 11:57 +0000at://did:plc:rg2h4nty6pufrd6xcbsd4w3f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlipffs5722vhttps://bsky.app/profile/laskin.bsky.social/post/3mlipd252lk2vI would pay like $25 to bring my toddler to a viewing platform at a big construction site on weekends, someone should invent this business10 May 2026 11:56 +0000at://did:plc:rg2h4nty6pufrd6xcbsd4w3f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlipd252lk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/laskin.bsky.social/post/3ml7d534gc226On the other hand, my most tech-pilled, anti-wordcel take is that AI is killing college and that's fine because higher ed (note NOT all deep inquiry into and beyond the current bounds of human knowledge, just U.S. 2026 higher ed as such) needs to die. [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 May 2026 18:24 +0000at://did:plc:rg2h4nty6pufrd6xcbsd4w3f/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7d534gc226https://bsky.app/profile/laskin.bsky.social/post/3ml7cuysbos26doesn't it seem like the word "indefatigable" has one too many prefixes?06 May 2026 18:19 +0000at://did:plc:rg2h4nty6pufrd6xcbsd4w3f/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7cuysbos26https://bsky.app/profile/laskin.bsky.social/post/3ml4watxqn22sThis is my most wordcel take, but there are actually people who understand how words work and how ideas propagate among human beings, and if they (we, let's not be overly modest) had a fraction of the wealth and power that crazed "founder mode" techbros do, the world would be safer in this moment. [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 May 2026 19:28 +0000at://did:plc:rg2h4nty6pufrd6xcbsd4w3f/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4watxqn22shttps://bsky.app/profile/laskin.bsky.social/post/3ml4thgl3cc2tIt's Beltane! Days are still getting longer, but by a little bit less every day. They'll be getting longer and longer slower and slower until the summer solstice. Anyway, here's my music selection for this season. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4qVo9dx0ZXRcoJGlTFMBOG?si=8d3fbdeee06d417a05 May 2026 18:38 +0000at://did:plc:rg2h4nty6pufrd6xcbsd4w3f/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4thgl3cc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/laskin.bsky.social/post/3ml2mz3dwts2hwhat the fuck is up, virtue crew? (I’ve been on Twitter communing with the antisocial game theory nerds for 10 days, you all are nicer but they’re more fun.)04 May 2026 21:37 +0000at://did:plc:rg2h4nty6pufrd6xcbsd4w3f/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml2mz3dwts2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/laskin.bsky.social/post/3mkkria6sz22gHi science journalists and child development folks, I am looking for information on the impact of traffic, active vs. car commute, and commute times on toddlers. Point me in any direction!28 Apr 2026 14:15 +0000at://did:plc:rg2h4nty6pufrd6xcbsd4w3f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkkria6sz22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/laskin.bsky.social/post/3mkiyipgv5c2hAh shit, my last remaining grandparent died. I've always written little tributes to my elderly relatives but my Guggi, my dad's mom, was so cool and unusual and in my life for such a long time that I find I don't know what to say.27 Apr 2026 21:15 +0000at://did:plc:rg2h4nty6pufrd6xcbsd4w3f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkiyipgv5c2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/laskin.bsky.social/post/3mkbcgpqs422xI just watched a bunch of footage of Ukrainian drones killing Russian soldiers so dejected and exhausted they made no attempt to even hide. I'm not on Russia's side but this war is so fucked. Just kids and old men butchering each other because Putin couldn't act weak for five seconds.24 Apr 2026 19:52 +0000at://did:plc:rg2h4nty6pufrd6xcbsd4w3f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkbcgpqs422xhttps://bsky.app/profile/laskin.bsky.social/post/3mk74ihvivs26It's really truly nothing compared to children starving, but this bullshit cost me a job I loved and hastened the devolution of my former newsroom into an AI slop shop so uh, yeah that round went to the bastards. [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Apr 2026 23:00 +0000at://did:plc:rg2h4nty6pufrd6xcbsd4w3f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk74ihvivs26https://bsky.app/profile/laskin.bsky.social/post/3mjxhucsjrc2sI am basically a homebody and I was childless in 2020/21, so covid social isolation truly was easy mode for me. But it did suck for a lot of people and I don't quite know how to put this but I think we should cultivate more gratitude for people doing shitty hard things for the collective good. [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Apr 2026 22:02 +0000at://did:plc:rg2h4nty6pufrd6xcbsd4w3f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjxhucsjrc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/laskin.bsky.social/post/3mjk7osn4oc2aA very confusing elevator panel15 Apr 2026 15:31 +0000at://did:plc:rg2h4nty6pufrd6xcbsd4w3f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjk7osn4oc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/laskin.bsky.social/post/3mjjrkcqiks27the dunking on the website formerly known as twitter is incredible, but i'm actually really into this (whatever it is? did the hype crash the mag's site or is it fake?) because my ex would've been so upset about it/not being in it.15 Apr 2026 11:18 +0000at://did:plc:rg2h4nty6pufrd6xcbsd4w3f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjjrkcqiks27https://bsky.app/profile/laskin.bsky.social/post/3mjhqiirbwc2oObsessed with this photo https://letrangere.net/exhibited-artist/malgorzata-markiewicz/nggallery/album/pinafores#gallery/71671ff2b626aa936d1a38415dfda8ff/440914 Apr 2026 15:54 +0000at://did:plc:rg2h4nty6pufrd6xcbsd4w3f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjhqiirbwc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/laskin.bsky.social/post/3mj36cqsvvs2iUgh there's like a lot of cool media jobs rn and it's weakening my resolve about leaving this shitshow of a field09 Apr 2026 15:57 +0000at://did:plc:rg2h4nty6pufrd6xcbsd4w3f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj36cqsvvs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/laskin.bsky.social/post/3mj2utksgms2hJust translated "Описывает мемы - дело неблагодарное" as "Describing memes is sort of cursed." Pretty proud of that.09 Apr 2026 13:07 +0000at://did:plc:rg2h4nty6pufrd6xcbsd4w3f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj2utksgms2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/laskin.bsky.social/post/3mitpzyfya22xWhat if I (insanely) applied for a research fellowship at an AI company, for "analytical thinkers with proven ability tackle complex problems in their field," and said that while I am not technical I am Highly Agentic06 Apr 2026 16:53 +0000at://did:plc:rg2h4nty6pufrd6xcbsd4w3f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mitpzyfya22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/laskin.bsky.social/post/3mirxupuar22bIt just occurred to me today that mimetic and memetic are both words.06 Apr 2026 00:07 +0000at://did:plc:rg2h4nty6pufrd6xcbsd4w3f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mirxupuar22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/laskin.bsky.social/post/3mimtouxtts2nI've started arguing with strangers on the website formerly known as twitter and linking to overly long shower thoughts I posted on my blog, and it's making me nervous.03 Apr 2026 23:09 +0000at://did:plc:rg2h4nty6pufrd6xcbsd4w3f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mimtouxtts2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/laskin.bsky.social/post/3mimm4w3e4k23X on day 5 of “there are only four jobs” and “kill your org chart” meltdown meanwhile I, a longtime freelancer, could show you my innovative file system for combining slop production and invoicing. Hire me, I can truly Do It All.03 Apr 2026 20:54 +0000at://did:plc:rg2h4nty6pufrd6xcbsd4w3f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mimm4w3e4k23